Garbage-disposal apparatus.



N. C. .IOHNSON. GARBAGE DISPOSAL APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED IAII.26.|916.

Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

NELS C. JOHNSON, 0F RACINE, WISCONSIN.

GARBAGE-DISPOSAL APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented NGV, "j, 1916.

i lieved to a maximum extent weaves.

Application filed January 26, 1916. Serial No. 74,291.

To all w hom t may concern Be it known that I, Nuns C. JOHNSON, acitizen of the United States, and resident of Racine, in the county ofRacine and State of lVisc-onsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Garbage-Disposal Apparatus; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in meansfor garbage disposal and is more particularly directed to the provisionof a garbage receptacle provided with means for flushing the garbagewhereby a certain amount of soluble garbage and the more finely dividedparticles of garbage may be conveyed away bv sewerage and whereby thegarbage is reof the obnoxious products of decomposition.

It is the object of the present invention to provide such a garbagedisposal apparatus which may be associated with a residence and which isadapted to be flushed by a suitable drain pipe associated with suchresidence. and preferably the drain pipe of the kitchen sink wherebyparticles of garbage or other waste material from the sink may bedeposited in the garbage receptacle, and further whereby the garbagereceptacle by forming a drainage means for the sink may dispense withthe usual sink drain which has a well known tendency to become cloggedby waste particles.

A further object resides in the provision of means for conveying fumesfrom the garbage receptacle.`

A still further object resides -in the provision of a garbage disposalapparatus of the class described which is capable of ready andetlicient-J operation and easy manipulation and which is of such simplestructure as to permit its installation at a comparatively low cost.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionresides more particularly in the novel combination, arrangement andformation of parts more particularly hereinafter described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: the figure is an elevational view showing disposalapparatus installed with relation to a kitchen sink.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, 5designates the the improved garbage 4 floor line of a kitchen and 6preferably designates the floor line of the basement or cellar., A sink7 is shown in its usualirelation to the floor line and a chimney flue orother air passage is designated at 8 within the said basement orcellar'.

The garbage receptacle comprises a cylindrical casing 9 disposedadjacent the iue and having its bottom in inverted conical shape andconnected with a drain pipe 10 which extends to the sewer. An annularchamber is formed at the upper portion of the inner periphery of thecasing 9 vby an annular plate 11 .having its edge portions outwardlyoffset and secured to the said casing, and extending from this chamberis a rent duct 12 communicating with the flue S. The receptacle propercomprises a cylindrical body 13 having its lower portion and its bottomperforated to permit drainage therethrouglnthis bottom being in invertedconical. shape to facilitate such drainage.

' The receptacle body is suspended in the casing by a circumscribingflange portion 1a at its upper end which rests on the shoulder formed bythe upper offset edge of the plate 11. Adjacent portions of the plate 11and the receptacle 18 are provided with series of openings 15 which arein alinement when the receptacle is disposed in the casing so that thefumes arising from the garbage will pass outwardly of the receptacleinto the said chamber formed by the plate 11 and from thence through theduct 12 into the iiue S, the level of these openings being above thelevel of the discharge of the drainage pipe leading from the sink whichwill later be described, whereby tendency of said fumes to escapethrough this drainage pipe is reduced to the minimum.

A drainage pipe 16 depends from the usual outlet of the sink and thisdrainage pipe is preferably oiset from the axis of the receptacle properand communicates therewith by a pipe section 17 having its end portionsrelatively oset, the upper end portion of this pipe telescopicallyreceiving the lower end of the drain pipe 15 and the lower portion ofthis pipe 17 being adapted to project into the receptacle 13 andcarrying a closure plate 18 for said receptacle. A handle 19 is carriedby the pipe section 17 to provide for raising and lowering the lid 18 topermit introduction of garbage into the receptacle and to provide forthe removal of the receptacle upon its becoming filled, the pipe section17 may be raised and then rotated on the drain pipe l5 to dispose itslower portion to one side of the receptacle.

Thus an efficient and readily installed de- Y vice is provided whichwill eliciently perform the functons set forth.. All of the fluidpassing from the sink will lilter through the garbage and' thus tend tocleanse the same from the obnoxious products formed by decomposition andwill carry away the soluble and more finely divided particles of garbagewhereby the remaining garbage may be economically handled, and will befreed from the usual unpleasant features attendent upon the handling ofgarbage. Small particles of garbage may pass directly from the sinkthrough the drain pipe into the receptacle, and thus by eliminating theusual drain pipe of the sink, the

objectionable tendency to Vclogging of the.

sinlrris obviated.

While the drawings illustrate a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, it will be readily understood that under various conditionsit may be desired to modify the construction of the receptaclestructure, and various other features of the invention, and it isobvious that these modifications may be resorted to without departingfrom the scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

I claim:

1. A garbage disposal apparatus comprising an outer casing, a drainmember for said casing, a receptacle detachably positioned in the casingand spaced from the wall thereof, the lower portion of said receptaclebeing perforated and the upper portion'of the receptacle'being providedwith a series of openings, an annular partition in the outer casingbetween saidl series of openings and the perforated portion of thereceptacle, an air duct extending from the outer casing above saidpartition and a drain pipe extending into the receptacle and terminatngbelow the level of the said series of openings in the upper portionthereof.

2. A garbage disposal apparatus comprising a receptacle, a draineXtending from said receptacle and a drain pipe extending substantiallyvertically above the receptacle, and comprising an upper section and alower section having its upper portion slidable telescopically engagingthe upper section and having its lower portion offset to engage in thereceptacle, and a receptacle cover carried by the lower offset portionwhereby upon lift-ing the lower section and rotating it with respect tothe upper section, the cover will be disposed laterally of thereceptacle. Y

3. A garbage disposal apparatus comprising an outer casing, a drain atthe bottom of the casing, an annular plate disposed in the upper portionof the casing and provided with av series of perforations, outwardlydirected fianges at the edge portions of saidplate secured to the casingand forming therewith and with the plate, an annular chamber, areceptacle adapted to fit within the annular plate, said receptaclelnuf'ing its lower portion perforated and having provided at its upperportion with a series of openings, adapted to aline with t-he openingsof the plate, an air duct extending from the said annular chamber and adrain pipe extending into the receptacle and terminating below the levelof the said series of openings at the upper portion thereof.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand atMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of lVisconsin, in thepresence of two witnesses.

NELS C. JOHNSON.

lllitnesses ERNST N IEBUHR, CHARLES JOHNSON.

